Lady Hoare's Thalidomide Children's Party (1963)
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- čas přidán 12. 04. 2014
- Unissued / Unused Material -
Hampstead, London.
Various shots of Lady Hoare's Thalidomide Children's Party. Lady Hoare is the wife of Sir Frederick Hoare. VS Children during party including shots of Sylvia Sims talks to boy with no arms and Actress Ann Heywood playing with the children including her own baby. The material shows clearly the damage that Thalidomide did to children and how they overcome some of the difficulties. Some of the children have been fitted with artificial limbs. Quite a number of celebrities are there including Larry Adler. A cake is cut to mark the event
(Neg.) Old record suggests material dates from around 24/07/1963.
FILM ID:2921.22
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Who's here because of Call the Midwife? They did an amazing job and presented these children and parents in a sensitive and dignified way
Be interesting to know what all these children are doing today.
such smart little tykes
Priceless footage!
I would have probably had thalidomide back in the day as a suffered of HG really badly
thats what you call a classic case of tea and sympathy....
Ok, I feel left out in the comments, Alright then
Poo
Black kids too
It affected children world wide. At least she wasn't crying. The other toddler wasn't even fazed by the donkey. What wonderful footage. I think I saw somewhere that the robotic Arms on the boy did not really become the norm. They were not popular back then and most chose to discard them. Maybe nowadays the reverse is true but a lot of victims are no longer alive as it took its toll on their major organs.